Authorities seek man suspected in Anaheim sexual assault

ANAHEIM – Police seek a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman early Wednesday morning at an Anaheim hotel.

Officers about 5 a.m. responded to calls from employees about a nearly naked woman in the lobby of the Clarion Hotel in the 600 block of West Convention Way claiming she was being chased, a police statement said.

The woman told the officers that she had been sexually assaulted by a man in a room at the hotel, police said, but escaped by jumping from a second-story balcony.

Police say the woman was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries sustained during the sexual assault and the jump from the balcony.

Investigators believe the woman met the man on the Internet and agreed to meet at the hotel. Once they were in the room, police say, the male became violent and sexually assaulted the woman.

The man left the hotel before officers arrived, police said. Authorities described him as a black man in his late 20s, 5-foot-7 to 6 feet tall, 170 to 180 pounds, with dark hair in dreadlocks that he wore pulled back.

Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS.

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